2 CALL PROCEDURE

■Distress call/Regular operation

tLift up the [DISTRESS] switch cover, pushing and holding

Transmit a distress call after selecting the ‘Distress setting’.

NEVER: USE THE DISTRESS CALL WHEN YOUR SHIP IS NOT IN AN EMERGENCY. DIS- TRESS CALL CAN BE USED ONLY WHEN IM- MEDIATE HELP IS NEEDED.

the button for 5 sec. to trans- mit the distress call.

•A DSC channel (ch 70) is auto- matically selected and the dis- tress call is transmitted.

•If no GPS is connected, your lo- cation and UTC time should be input.

<Select a nature>

Undesignated

Fire,Explosion

Flooding

Collision

Grounding

Capsizing

qPush [CALL], then push [√] several times to select ‘Dis-

tress setting’.

wPush [ENT] to select <Select a nature>. Push [√] several times to select the desired nature, then push [ENT].

•Push [CLR] to Exit the menu.

<Select a subject>

Entry position/time Individual call Group call

All ships call Received calls ≈Distress setting

yAfter transmitting the call, the transceiver is set to the phone frequency (ch 16) au- tomatically.

•The controller is still waiting for an acknowledgment call on ch 70.

u When receiving the acknowl-

≈Sinking Disable adrift Abandoning ship Piracy attack

Man overboard EPIRB emission

<Push and hold

eConfirm the location data,

then push [ENT] to confirm the time data.

rConfirm the UTC time, then push [ENT] to confirm the time data.

•If no GPS is connected, your location and UTC time should be input.

edgment, reply to the con-

nected station via the

transceiver’s microphone as

described on the page at

right.

[DISTRESS] for 5 sec>

Nature of distress: Abandoning ship

GPS : UTC 15:22 12.34’N 123.45’W

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DS-100 specifications

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